UniProt functional annotation for P29736

UniProt code: P29736.

Organism: Sinapis alba (White mustard) (Brassica hirta).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Brassiceae; Sinapis.
 
Function: Degradation of glucosinolates (glucose residue linked by a thioglucoside bound to an amino acid derivative) to glucose, sulfate and any of the products: thiocyanates, isothiocyanates, nitriles, epithionitriles or oxazolidine-2-thiones.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=A thioglucoside + H(2)O = a sugar + a thiol.; EC=3.2.1.147;
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10978344, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15889170, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9195886}.
Subcellular location: Vacuole.
Tissue specificity: In vacuoles called myrosin grains of a certain class of cells, myrosin cells, distributed in the cotyledons and the axis of the embryo as well as in different organs of the growing plant.
Miscellaneous: It seems that the absence of a catalytic proton donor in plant myrosinases is not impairing the hydrolysis of glucosinolates.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 1 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.